I heard yesterday that Mikel Arteta was having second thoughts about joining Arsenal, apparently he hadn't realised he wasn't as popular as he thought he was and realised without the support of the players, his job would be too difficult.

The new front runner now is ex PSG manager Unai Emery who was sacked by the French champions for his failure to win the Champions league. Emery is expected to be announced as manger in the next few days if not before and is in keeping with the board's wish to continue running Arsenal on a shoestring budget.

The Spaniard had very successful spells at both Valencia and Sevilla where the clubs challenged the might of the La Liga giants with limited resources. He also won the French league and French cup with PSG before being sacked the same season.

I don't know what to make of it, he will obviously have more experience than those being mentioned recently but whether he will have the ability to inspire the players, only time will tell.

One thing's for sure Arsenal players and fans need to get behind him, the board won't.

“Emery does all his own video analysis and, during his time at Valencia, gave players USB sticks to watch tactical clips on. He suspected one player never watched them, so gave him a blank USB and then asked him what he’d make of the clips”

“Emery does all his own video analysis and, during his time at Valencia, gave players USB sticks to watch tactical clips on. He suspected one player never watched them, so gave him a blank USB and then asked him what he’d make of the clips”